{"id":26759,"date":"2026-04-24T11:41:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=26759"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:37:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:07:54","slug":"sustainable-aviation-fuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sustainable-aviation-fuel\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Aviation Fuel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sustainable Aviation Fuel Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Government has notified an amendment to the Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) (Regulation of Marketing) Order, 2001 to bring Aviation Turbine Fuel blended with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) under the ambit of the ATF Control Order.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sustainable Aviation Fuel<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It consists of specially processed <\/span><b>aviation grade hydrocarbons that<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are chemically similar to ATF and fully compatible with aircraft engines.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SAF <\/span><b>does not alter the fundamental nature<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, safety, or performance of aviation fuel.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Source:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a biofuel, also known as <\/span><b>bio-jet fuel produced from sustainable feedstocks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has chemistry similar to conventional aviation turbine fuel (ATF) or jet fuel, which is derived from crude oil.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means that existing aircraft engines can easily use the SAF-ATF blend.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is made from renewable biomass and waste resources have the potential to deliver the performance of petroleum-based jet fuel.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Production<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can be produced from a number of sources (feedstock) including waste oil and fats, green and municipal waste and non-food crops.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can <\/span><b>also be produced synthetically<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> via a process that captures carbon directly from the air.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2255021&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>PIB<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sustainable Aviation Fuel does not alter the fundamental nature, safety, or performance of aviation fuel. 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